Football

Shaws Quintez Smith Earns Double All-America Honors

Dec 08, 2009

Shaw’s Quintez Smith
Earns Double All-America HonorsNamed To First Team By AFCA And Daktronics,
Inc.

December 8, 2009

(Raleigh, NC) – Both the American Football Coaches
Association and Daktronics, Inc. have named Shaw cornerback Quintez
Smith First Team All-America in Division II. Smith received the
highest number of votes among cornerbacks in the Daktronics
poll.

The double honor comes on the heels of a season where Smith (Sr.,
Dublin, GA) compiled a number of post-season honors. The CIAA
selected him as the Defensive Player of the Year, and both the East
Coast Bowl and the HBCU Bowl selected Smith for their All-Star
games. At the East Coast Bowl, Smith led all players with 13
tackles.

The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) has selected an
All-America Team since 1945, and it is the only team selected
solely by coaches. Smith is the first player from Shaw named to the
AFCA All-America squad.

This is the 17th Daktronics Division II All-America Team, which is
selected by sports information directors of NCAA Division II member
institutions.

During the 2009 season, Smith tied a Division II record, returning
four interceptions for touchdowns, and tied for first in D-II with
nine interceptions. He accumulated 302 return yards. He finished
the season with 49 tackles and also scored two touchdowns on fumble
returns.

Against Elizabeth City State in week one, Smith set a Division II
single game record with 194 interception return yards. He tied the
Division II single game record of three interceptions returned for
touchdowns.

Smith was named CIAA Defensive Back of the Week three times this
season, and was named d2football.com’s National Defensive
Player of the Week once.

The cornerback will have another opportunity to showcase his skills
when he plays in the first HBCU Bowl – an all-star game for
HBCUs pitting players from the MEAC and CIAA against players from
the SWAC and SIAC December 19 in Montgomery, AL.